yes, i suspect black sea is my favourite techno track of all time On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:11 PM, ja...@iridite.com <ja...@iridite.com>wrote:
> The Journey Home EP on Warp - incredible stuff! > > Jason > > On 2 September 2011 09:19, Ronny Pries <r...@rohformat.de> wrote: > > Yeah, Wavejumper. Lost Vessel also got that something something. But for > > some reason i never got around to play that one, dunno why. > > > > WaveJumper is probably my favorite as well... but as far as general > > listening, The Other People place gets played over and over and over > again. > > But that's easy listening. > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Frank Glazer <cpe1704...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Since August 1st I've been trying to concentrate entirely on devouring > >> the oeuvre of Gerald Donald and James Stinson (R.I.P.). We're talking > >> about 24 full hours of music over about 45-50 albums, EPs, and singles > >> including all their various pseudonyms. The reason I am doing this is > >> because I find their music to be relatively tricky to wrap my head > >> around in general, while so many of my friends consider Stinson/Donald > >> to be among the best of their contemporaries. Specifically a lot of > >> Stinson/Donald tunes sound particularly chaotic even to my modern ears > >> well trained in noise, avant garde, and the repetitive loops of > >> minimal classical (Steve Reich, Philip Glass) and "techno" music. I > >> wondered if completely saturating my ears with only their music would > >> change my opinion/enlighten me to their supposed genius at all. > >> > >> To date I am about halfway through the project based on mostly casual > >> subway ride listening, and I've not been as diligent in avoiding the > >> fast forward button as I'd hoped I could be. It's really difficult to > >> stick to one artist who produced a pretty consistent style of music > >> without listening to anything else for such an extended period of > >> time. I do occasionally give my ears a bit of a break and allow myself > >> to hear some non Stinson/Donald tunage. > >> > >> To date "Wavejumper" from their 1995 "Aquatic Invasion EP" remains my > >> absolute favorite Drexciya tune: > >> > >> http://youtu.be/imKh_TKqHt4 > >> > >> As a side note, the name I've given this experiment - Drexciyan > >> Immersion Project - is a kind of funny nod to the sci-fi underwater > >> mythology that Drexciya built around their music/built their music > >> around. > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Jason Kenjar <jasonk1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > an undiscovered track or three would be nice..i can dream rite? > >> > > >> > On Sep 1, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Patrick Wacher wrote: > >> > > >> >> Some interesting news on the wire: > >> >> > >> >> http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2011/09/drexciya-reissues-coming-soon > >> >> > >> >> Sadly, it's been nearly a decade since early '90s Detroit > >> >> techno/electro duo Drexciya last released new music. However, we've > >> >> just discovered that reissues of the pair's early material will be > >> >> surfacing in the near future. Clone Classic Cuts, the reissues > imprint > >> >> for Dutch label Clone, announced just yesterday: "We will reissue the > >> >> early Drexciya catalogue on Clone. We are currently busy restoring > the > >> >> original master tapes, and hopefully we will have the first one ready > >> >> before the end of the year! Of course, we will keep you updated on > the > >> >> process." No further details were shared, but the news itself is > >> >> certainly exciting, to say the least. (via FACT) > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> peace, > >> > >> frank > >> > >> http://www.deejaycountzero.com > >> http://www.infinitestatemachine.com > > > > > > >
